Toy bank



June 7, 1949. DAMIANO 2,472,064

- TOY BAN K Filed May 14, 1947 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 F rdnk Damiano WW w I F. DAMIANO TOY BANK June 7, 1949.

3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Frank Damiano A Ito rnqys 2 vwwve F. DAMIANO TOY BANK June 7, 1949.

3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed May 14. 1947 Inventor Fig.9.

Frank Damiano B) and Wave; 3m

Patented June 7, 1949 STATES QF FFCE Frank. Damiano; Newliurghs Nah.

Application May-1'4, 194'),- SrfaINbrMSQUEE-f- QCI'aims; 1.

This invention relates to newand useful im-= provements and structural"refinements in toys. more-specifically, in toy banks; andtheprincipal object of the invention is to provide ad'evice of the characterherein described, which assumes the fornr of a human figurine, namely, that of a; beggar, equipped with a "wooden leg; crutches; a miniature monkey and a small, actually worlcable accordion:

I The essence-of the-invention residesina struc turat arrangement whereby the pressing together of the beggars' legsis--accompanied'by-a movement ofhishead; rolling of an eye (only one-being provided) and a movement of one arm which, coasting with the other, relatively ste tionaryarm; presses together and thereby act-m ates the accordion;

In addition; the miniature monkey carries a collector cup in" which coinsmay be positioned, so that they gravitate downwardly through: the: beggars body into" the stump of' his "\vooden'. leg; wherefrom they may be subsequently removed by removingthe artificial leg extension. In this manner; the stump of thel'egflmctlcns as a" coin receptacle'orbank; as will be herein- 2 after more fully apparent;

A further'object' of the invention is to provide a; toy which is realistic in appearance; and which, in addition to. its primary purpose of. functioning as an amusement and a saving-device for children, may also. be effectively cur-- glioyed as a; noveicollecting; receptacle bycharis table organizations, anclthe like.

Another object of? the: inventioni-is to provide a toy' in the form of" a beggar which also includes; inthe headportion" thereof an electric lamp, the latter becoming energized when the legs of the beggar are pressed together, as outlined in the opening: paragraphsof this; specification. I

An additional object of the invention is topro. vide a: toy which is simple in constructicmwhich will'readily'lend itself to economicalmanufacturei and which will not easily become damaged.

With the above more important objects;- in

and Sucfrctherobjects as may become apparent as this specification proceeds,, the invert.- tibnconsists essentially of the arrangement and ccnstr'uctioniof partsas illustrated" in" thea'ccompan-yi-ngdrawings, in whi'ch z' the in- Figure 1 is-za, front perspective view of vention; 4

Figure 2 is a vertical cross. sectional view thereof L is..a..cross. sectional. view, taken; sub,

stantially in theplaneiof' thesline 3+3 in Figurezcz Figure s is; a fragmentary perspective View showing: the actuatingzmechanism usediirr the in:-

vention;

Figure 5 is aa fragmentary reamperspectivejviewnectiomoff: the'variousa electrical componenthrusetfi inzthe zinventionv Lilia characters: at reference: are 'usedt toadesige nate-likenpartsin 'theispecifieation; and through, out the severaizviews.

Referring-how to the! accompanying drawings im detail; the: invention; consistsxofa: toy; more specifically; a. toy: banlc designated; generally-by: the reference. character t5, the"; same simulating theappearance ofi'wbeggar-and emhcdyingtimitaconstruction whatzmaw'hercalledla human figurine representing; the-:beggar: and: designated? genere ally bythe reference character I 6'.

The; figurine- Hi.- consistsof--a: hollow torso, l1, astationary'leg: stump: IQ equipped? with; a""wood i-. an? lege'xtensiom [9,: a: movable leg 20;.a. stationary-arm 23k, a movable: arm; 22 andfi ax-movsahl'e head" 23;

figurine: iSfllSGr provided; with: a Pair-rot stationary crutches 24 andt-isattiredin emannemheccming: 8L beggar substantially-'as'shown. It: showtime-understood that the. attire. itself com stitutcs; am integrals pant-oi the: figurine; that is to: say; thetexternal contours of the figurine" are such as to simulate the appearance at thesattirmvas; will; be clearly apparent. Needless to: say; the

invention may he: made any: suitable/maeterial;

A miniaturemonkeat 2551s; mounted. en: the sta tionary arm 2| of thefiemin'ctthemonheymarm mg. in one; hanct a'snitable- Sign. and inthe other handga collector? can 21.- The. configures tiun 013 this can-is: hesa'shnwninytheraccompany ins; Figure 3",;wherein. will; "be: nctcds' that the cup simplyr assumes: firm-cf an; opening. formed in the front portlom- 015 the t-orsm- I21; through which opening coinsfiinclicatccl'i-at 29) may: he insertedv intctthe holiuw intericrwofithe torso,- so that: they gravitate downwardly into amai'sscrm threadewaaat. am to remcvamy receive a similarly threaded, bell-shaped portion II of the extension I9. Needless to say, the lower extremity of the stump I8 is open ended, and it will be noted that the hollow interior of the stump functions as a coin receptacle, while the extension I9 constitutes what may be called a removable cover for the same. In other words, after a number of coins have accumulated in the stump I8, they may be removed therefrom by simply unscrewing the extension from the stump.

A coupling rod 82 is secured at one end thereof in the upper end of the movable leg 20, the

rod 32 being pivoted medially its length as at 33 to a bracket 34 mounted in the torso II.

Thereupon the rod 32 extends upwardly and freely passes through a suitable aperture provided in one arm 35 of a bell crank--36, while the upper end portion of the rod 32 is angulated substantially as shown and freely engages a further aperture formed in .a transversely extending d of the bell crank is rigidly connected by means of a rod 40 to the aforementioned movable arm 22.

The upper end portion of this arm is movably disposed in a shoulder sleeve 4| formed integrally with the torso I1, while the head 23 is pivotally attached to the torso by means of apair of axially aligned screws or rivets 4:2.

It will be foundthat movement of the leg 20 in the direction of the arrow 43 will be transmitted by the rod 32 to a simultaneous movement of the head 23 in the direction of the arrow 44, and at the same time, the arm 22 will be moved in the direction of the arrow 45 through the medium of the crank 36. The movement of the leg 20 in the direction 43 is, of course, achieved by simply pressing the legs 20, I9 together, and a tension spring 46 is provided for returning the leg 20 to its normal, astride position, as will be presently explained. One end of this spring is anchored to the torso I! as indicated at 41, while its remaining end is secured as at 48 to the arm 35 of the crank 36.

. Before proceeding further, it may be also explained that the upper end portion of the stump I8 extends upwardly to form what may be called 7 The compartment 52 is relatively smaller with respect to the compartment 53 and functions as a storage receptacle for dollar "bills, or the like, which cannot be satisfactorily accommodated in the aforementioned stump I8.

The compartment 53, on the other hand, is equipped with a suitable mounting block 54 adapted to receive a storage battery or dry cell 55, the poles of the latter normally contacting resilient contact members 5B, 51 with which the block 54 is provided.

' A suitable lamp socket 5B, equipped with an incandescent lamp 59, is mounted in any suitable manner in the head 23, one terminal-of the lamp being in circuit with the contact mem-- ber 56 through the medium of a conductorfifl.

The remaining terminal of the lamp is connected by means of the conductor BI to a contact piece 62 of an electric switch 63, the contact piece 62 being rigidly secured in the torso I I. A coacting contact piece '64 of the switch 63 is secured to the aforementioned rod 32 and is in circuit with the contact member 51 by means of a conductor 55. Matters are so arranged that the contacts 62, B4 are normally separated by the resiliency of the aforementioned spring 45, but the contacts are brought together and the switch 53 is thereby closed, when the leg 20 is moved in the direction of the arrow 43. In this manner, the lamp 59 will be energized concurrently with the actuation of the figurine, as will 'be clearly apparent.

One eye Of the figurine is covered as indicated at 56, while the remaining eye assuming the form of a hollow, transparent disk 61 is secured in a suitable socket 58 with which the head 23 is provided. The eye disk 61 contains a freely movable pellet '69, whereby the eye will create the impression of rolling when the head 23 is moved during the actuation of the figure. By virtue of the transparency of the disk 61, light rays emanating from the lamp 59 will be visible through the eye, as will be readily appreciated.

Finally, attention is directed to a miniature, workable. accordion designated generally by the reference character 10 which is positioned between the arms 2 I, 22 of the figurine.

This accordion is provided at each end thereof with an outer, flanged plate H formed with a struck out handle or band 12, whereby it may be conveniently attached to the respective hand (I3 or 14). An inner flanged plate 15 is provided in one of the outer plates 1 I, while a flanged reed plate I6 is positioned in the remaining of the outer plate. Suitable bellows II formed from flexible material is secured between the plates 'II, 15 and II, I6, as is best shown in Figure 7.

The reed plate I6 is formed with a plurality of struck out vibrating reed members I8, and a cardboard disk I9 is positioned in the plate 18 adjacent the reed members, as will be clearly apparent. The disk 19 is retained in position by means of a split, substantially frusto-oonical spring member or washer 80, which is interposed between the disk I9 and the adjacent of the plates II,

The provision of the struck out handle or strap 12 in the plate II adjacent the reed 18 results in the formation of an opening 8| through which the sound of the accordion, that is sound resulting from the vibration of the reeds, is heard.

The accordion is, of course, actuated each time the arm 22 is moved in the direction of the arrow 65, during which action the accordion is compressed between the arms 2 I, 22.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly apparent from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, further discussion thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

-- What I claim as my invention is:

l. A toy comprising a human figurine having 75 a movable leg, a movable arm and a movable head operatively connected together, said figurine including an eye, an electric lamp in the head of said figurine, the light from said lamp being visible through said eye, an accordion carried by said figurine, said accordion being c0nnected to said arm and being actuated by the movement of said leg, and an electric switch in circuit with said lamp, said switch being alternately opened and closed by the movement of said leg.

2.. A toy comprising in combination, a human figurine comprising a hollow torso, a stationary leg and a movable leg, a stationary arm and a movable arm, and a movable head, a bell crank pivoted in said torso, a coupling rod secured to said movable leg, said rod being operatively connected to one limb of said crank and to said head, the remaining limb of said crank being secured to said movable arm, and an accordion secured at each end thereof to one of said arms.

3. The device as defined in claim 2 together with an electric lamp positioned in said head, an electric battery in said torso, and a switch operatively associated with said rod, said switch being in circuit with said battery and with said lamp, said head including a transparent eye, and the light from said lamp being visible through said eye.

4. In a toy bank, the combination of a human figurine including a hollow torso, a stationary leg stump extending into said torso and provided with a receptacle, a back portion of said torso constituting an openable cover for said receptacle, a movable leg, a stationary arm and a movable arm, and a movable head, a bell crank pivoted in said torso, a coupling rod secured to said movable leg, said rod being operatively connected to one limb of said crank and to said head, the remaining limb of said crank being secured to said movable arm, an accordion secured at each end thereof to one of said arms, an electric lamp positioned in said head, an electric battery in said receptacle, a switch operatively associated with said rod, said switch being in circuit with said battery and with said lamp, said head including a transparent eye, the light from said lamp being Visible through said eye, and a spring connected to said rod for normally retaining said switch in an open position. FRANK DAMIANO.

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